Reading Your Mind: IBM’s New Computer Chip Copies Brain Function

http://www.igi-global.com/newsroom/archive/reading-your-mind-ibm-new/1912/

Relying on densely connected webs of transistors similar to the brain’s neural networks, the chip, called TrueNorth, uses the power of an average hearing aid. According to the article, the invention is on a path to excel at calculations that stump today’s supercomputers. “It is a remarkable achievement in terms of scalability and low power consumption